the icing on the cake
Final perfect detail
The icing on the cake is an additional benefit or attractive feature on top of something already good: The salary was great, and the signing bonus was the icing on the cake.
Less commonly, it describes something that makes a bad situation worse: We lost the game, and the icing on the cake was getting a flat tire on the way home.
- cherry on topFinal embellishment completing something
- pièce de résistanceOutstanding item in collection
- crowning gloryGreatest achievement or hair
- cream of the cropThe very best
- capstoneTopmost stone of structure
grand finale · final flourish · sweetener · added bonus · golden touch · culmination · finishing touch · apex · zenith · cherry pie · silver lining · topper · sugar coating · coup de grâce · pinnacle · masterpiece · bonus · best part
the icing on the cakethe last straw
Limit-exceeding minor offense
the straw that broke the camel's back · salt in the wound · adding insult to injury
the icing on the cakescraping the bottom of the barrel
Using inferior remaining options